Hat-support and packing-ring



(No Model.)

G. LANE.

HAT SUPPORT AND PACKING RING.

. Patented. Mar. 5, 1889.

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GEORGE LANE, OF BETHEL, CONNEOTIC'UTM HAT-SUPPORT AND PACKING-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,201, dated March 5, 1889.

Application filed July 27, 1888.

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE LANE, a citizen of the United States, residing atBethel, in the county ot' Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hat-Supports and Packing-Rings; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert'ains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain improvements in combined hat-supports and packing-rings, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device oi' this description; and with this end in View my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter fully set forth, and then speeiticl ally designated by the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation showing a series of hats supported and packed Vwithin aA bandbox by means of my improvement; Fig. 2, a plan View 3 of the same, and Fig. 3 a detail plan of one of my improved combined supports and rings.

Similar letters denote like parts in the sei'- era-l figures.

A is a flatring made from ordinary paste er straw board, or, in facnfrem any light and cheap material. The opening of thisring is large enough to admit a hat-crown without Contact with the latter.

B is a strip of cloth, paper, or any flexible material pasted or otherwise secured to opposite sides of said ring in such manner that the portion of said material which crosses or bridges the opening of the ring is slack, and depends so as to afford a sling or cradle for supporting the hat-crown, as will be presently set forthn In a series of hats packed and supported as shown at Fig. 1, the fiat ring rests against the under side of the brim of a hat, while a l flexible strip, B, hangs within the crown of Serial No. 281,222. (No modela) said hat and supports the tip of the crown ol the succeeding hat. l prefer to let lthe ends of the strip B extend beyond the ring, so as to overhang the hat-brim, for the purpose of preventing chaiing of the latter against the sides of the packing-box C.

The diameter of the ring is a triiie less than the diameter of the packing-box, so that said i ring is eonlined as against any wabbling withl in the box, thus etectually preventing the packed hats from becoming displaced or tumbled during shipment. lt will be seen that I have overcome the most serious objection common to hat-packing rings-name1y, the chang of the upper face ot' the hat-brim"- and this is solely due to the i'act that my ring and support have no Contact whatever with l this part oi the brim.

l claiml. A combined ring and support for packing hats, consisting of a i'lat ring and a ilexible strip bridging said ring and secured to opposite sides of the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with Jthe flat ring approximately' corresponding in diameter to the diameter of the hat-packing box, of the iieXible strip depending through the opening of said ring and secured to opposite sides ofthe latter, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination, with the flat ring resting against the under face of the hat-brim and admitting the crown-tip or" a succeeding hat, of a flexible strip secured to opposite sides of said ring and depending through the ring, whereby a support is afforded for said crown, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof l afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE LANE.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMrrH, Jr., l S. S. WILLIAMSON, 

